Hopper Tickets

[sarahsmom3]

I have decided not to purchase the hopper add on to my tickets. I figure being our 1st trip to wdw we will spend a full day in each park. Am I wrong, is there any reason that I need the hopper??? Really wanted to save the extra money. Also, if we purchase our tickets ahead of time and then decide when we are in a park that we want to "hop" to another park can I add the feature then?? Do I have to add it to all my days??

 

[kerry34]

We are doing the same thing for our trip. The last three times we were there, we stayed at one park each day. Everyone is different though. My kids were content staying in one park each day. If that changes this time then I will be adding on the park hopping option when the time comes. There is a flat rate based on the number of days purchased to add on the hopping option. It doesn't matter how many days you use beforehand. We are getting 7 day tickets, so if my memory serves me correctly, I believe it is 35 dollars per ticket to park hop with that ticket. Hope this helped some.

 

[PrincessCandaceMarie]

go to all ears and see their info there it might help both of you decide...they're great and very detailed...! Have a great trip!

 

[shatzjsl]

I was happy to have it last year because we kept getting drawn back to MK. One day MGM was very crowded so we left and went to MK. If we didn't have a hopper we probably would have went back to the pool. It's really just a personal choice.

 

[Rudegrle]

I highly recomend the Park Hopper Tickets! In one day we visited MGM, Epcot, and AK. You never know how crowded one park will be and it is always nice to go back to a park you have already visisted to relive the magic. Since you have the option of adding Park Hopper once you arrive, you are safe either way.

 

[tmatthews]

I too decided not to add the hopper portion to our tickets. I think you need one day at each park to enjoy, and the hopper is so expensive. We are down long enough to visit MK twice which is nice as well. From what I hear many don't use the option or use it one of the last days just to say they used it! We will be down over Easter and I am sure transportation would be a waste of an hour or more hopping! Just my opinion.....

 

[disneychrista]

I think hopping is great. Especially when the MK and other parks close early. You can just HOP on over to Epcot and enjoy World Showcase.

 

[sherE810]

If it is your first time at disney you definetly don't need the hopper option. Trust me you will be so enthralled with the park you are in each day you will not leave, nor want to. I would do your research on what park is best to go to on each day of the week you are there.(early entry days avoid) If you have little ones at all there is no way you'll want to be hopping around, too time consuming and a bother. Save your money and just savour whatever park you are in that day! On the day you plan to do epcot plan to have a nice sit down meal half way through the day for a much needed break so you can make it till park closing for Illuminations. And don't plan anything for early the next morning, you'll be zonked!! Good Luck and have fun!!

 

[2gr8teens]

We loved the hopper option, but my kids are older, we went from AK to EC to see the lightshow and enjoyed every cent of what we spent. Have a great time.

 

[G00fyDad]

Get the PH tix. If you get to one park and it is crowded, go find another one that suits you. Besides, (for us at least) you may want to spend your last day at WDW going back and trying to do all/some of the things you didnt get a chance to do the first go around.

 

[Matt'sMom]

Our family really enjoys the flexibility that the Park-Hopper options provides. We'd be very lost without it!

For example, we mistakienly believed all the posts regarding DAK being a 'half day' park... and assumed we could do it all in one day. WRONG! (My partner and I are both biologists, so we have a special added interest in DAK.) We didn't get through anywhere near the entrie park in one day, and had missed the Lion King show to boot. With PH, we were able to go back on another morning and visit the remaining attractions, without being committed to spending an entire second day at DAK. Also, on a lot of the evenings that other parks close earlier... we seem to find our way back to Epcot (DH's favorite, esp. during F&W Festival). Having PH meant that we could go into MGM one evening for dinner and then Fantasmic, without having had to spend the entire day at that park (MGM is our personal least favorite of the WDW parks--the thought of staying there from EMH opening through closing time just doesn't appeal to us). And we really like to keep our final day at WDW 'open', so that we can go back and visit everyone's favorite attractions one last time (without worrying about whether or not they are in different parks).

Everything at WDW is located in such close proximity, that it is very easy to park hop. And we tend to find it very relaxing to know that we can go anywhere in the 'World' that we want to, without being restricted to having to choose one specific park (and then being tied down to visiting only that park to the exclusion of anything else we might want to do that day).

It's all a personal preference, and some people really don't need the PH option (which is why it is an option... grin). But it sure was nice on our last visit, to be able to sit back and relax and take our time exploring the parks, while we watched other families frantically rushing from attraction to attraction (because it was their 'one day' for that specific park, and they wanted to be sure to see everything possible).

 

[Drizzo67]

My family loves the Park Hopper Option. We can go to any park at any time. My DD and I started off at MK one morning while DH and DS went to MGM (to ride RnRC - DD too short) and we met up with them later on. After we went through MGM we hopped over the EPCOT for dinner in Germany. If we did not have the PH's we could not have done this. It's worth the money just to have the option to go to one park and have dinner at one of the pavilions in EPCOT at night.

 

[anb163]

I dont think you need the park hopper option. Last year we only park hopped once but we only stayed for 4 days so a day in each park. That is actually what we planned on doing for this trip, not getting this option but we thought we were only going to stay for 4 days. However, it looks like we are going for 7 full days. I am so excited but that means it would be good to have the park hopper. I dont know we have to July to figure it out.